Regex to replace multiple spaces with a single space

Question

Given a string like:

\"The dog      has a long   tail, and it     is RED!\"

What kind of jQuery or JavaScript magic can be used to keep spaces to only o

Answer 1

var text = `xxx  df dfvdfv  df    
                     dfv`.split(/[\s,\t,\r,\n]+/).filter(x=>x).join(' ');

result:

"xxx df dfvdfv df dfv"